Hey, dog lovers.

[FrankSG]

Any veterinarians out there? Our daughter's family has a female Golden Lab about 5 years old. Whenever I go over to my daughter's house, she has to let the dog out before I can pet her. As soon as she sees me, and I start to pet her, she gets all excited and pees. I know that a lot of female pups will do this, but I thought after 5 years, they would get over it. I wonder if there is anything that can be done to correct this. Hey, Budfred, by the Avatar you have by your name, you must be a dog lover. How do you deal with this? This dog of my daughter's is the friendliest dog I have ever seen--it really is. But I wish I didn't have to take her outside before I pet her.
~Frank~

[Fruss Tray Ted]

Seems to be a problem with Golden retrievers. I have a friend who has had 2 Goldens and they are both afraid of loud sounds. What a waste of a hunting dog, you can't even hold a shotgun near them without the dog cowering.

Well even his first one that never even heard gunfire, jumped on the bed and peed everytime there was an electrical storm.

Not likely to go away on it's own. Just put up with it.

[jabarnutcase]

Yep- Sure sounds like urine trouble to me. :rolleyes:

[yawningdog]

The excitement is the problem. It's common in pups, but undesirable nonetheless. The solution is to teach the dog to remain calm.

First the dog must know the commands "sit" and "stay". When you go over to the house, meet the dog outside and wear old clothes. When the dog approaches, put your hands up in the air ("I'm NOT petting you yet.")and turn your back. Look back over your shoulder and tell the dog "sit" and then "stay". Only when the dog has complied, turn around and pet it.

This dog, like any friendly dog, wants attention. The thrust of this training is to teach the dog that it's only going to get attention by acting calmly. I have an american bulldog who used to have a jumping problem. This technique cured him in a week.

[mjc]

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[Budfred]

Yep, those are my guys, Alfred and Buddy (in case you are wondering where my name comes from)....

I would try this. When your daughter knows you are coming, take the dog outside and let it urinate. Give it positive attention when it does, maybe a treat too. Bring it in just before you come in. When you do come in, avoid greeting the dog. If your daughter has taught it to sit, have her have it sit while you are coming in. Sit down yourself and have some doggie treats with you. Once the dog seems to have calmed a bit, have your daughter let it come to you. If it doesn't urinate, give it a lot of praise and a treat. If it does, have your daughter IMMEDIATELY take it outside. Don't make a big deal of it, just remove it.... You may have to do this several times to retrain it and you will always have to avoid greeting it when you first come in... Probably a good idea for you to sit in a kitchen or somewhere with tile floors until the dog gets over it...

Edit: Basically the same thing yawningdog said while I was doing other things.....:p

[Fruss Tray Ted]

Thanks. Just forwarded that one MJC. Maybe by falltime we'll be duck hunting...

[FrankSG]

Originally posted by Budfred
Yep, those are my guys, Alfred and Buddy (in case you are wondering where my name comes from)....


I wondered where that name came from...
I'm doing pretty much what you guys are suggesting. When I get to my daughter's house, if Brittney (the dog) is in the house, she's always in a different room. They have a room where Brittney stays most of the time since that room has no carpeting. She knows she is supposed to stay there. She is a very obedient dog and she does stay in that room. Well--most of the time anyway. So what I've been doing lately when I first get there, I don't pay attention to her--I hate to ignore her but I do for the reason I told you about. But she'll stay right at the edge of that room looking at me with her tail wagging back and forth. Her motions and the expression on her face looks like she's trying to say, "Please come over and pet me." So after I visit with my daughter and grandchildren for awhile. I'll go up to her and say, "Come on Britt--lets go outside." I'll then walk real fast to the door so that she doesn't have time to urinate. She quickly follows me. When we get outside, I'll then pet her and rub her under her neck which she loves. She, then of course does her peeing which is no problem outside. So, I guess as long as she is in the house, I'll just not pay attention to her.

[Budfred]

You could try adding the part about her going out to pee before you come in so that she is less likely to need to and then add the part about sitting and having her come to you. If you can reinforce her for her bladder control, she may learn to do it with you and be able to generalize it to other visitors as well....

[Vic 970]

definately agree that training is the answer

otherwise.......,
a condom and a jubilee clip.